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SWPIX

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I just bought a HP 64bit Athlon machine and installed win7 64bit and it works fine. I have a brand new Samsung HDD that I want to install as a cloned drive. When I hook up the SATA cables it is recognized in BIOS and device manager however it does not show up in My computer therefore I cant do anything with it
Any suggestions.
Thanks
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7
SWPIX said:
I just bought a HP 64bit Athlon machine and installed win7 64bit and it works fine. I have a brand new Samsung HDD that I want to install as a cloned drive. When I hook up the SATA cables it is recognized in BIOS and device manager however it does not show up in My computer therefore I cant do anything with it
Any suggestions.
Thanks
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Is it formatted, partitioned and jave a drive letter?
 

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zigzag3143 said:
SWPIX said:
I just bought a HP 64bit Athlon machine and installed win7 64bit and it works fine. I have a brand new Samsung HDD that I want to install as a cloned drive. When I hook up the SATA cables it is recognized in BIOS and device manager however it does not show up in My computer therefore I cant do anything with it
Any suggestions.
Thanks
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Is it formatted, partitioned and jave a drive letter?
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You should the HDD see even if it isn't formatted or partitioned it if you right click Computer from the start menu, select manage, scroll down to disk management under storage and click on disk management
 
It just so happens I just installed one myself and made a video on it. Here it is if you care to watch it. It should tell you everything you would need to know. It's a little "long winded" if you go to the end I tell you what you need to know. I just uploaded it so it's not processed yet...sorry, but I put the link there. You should be able to get what you need at the end of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfVkeFaHaSQ
 
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Windows 7 Professional x64
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Intel Core i7 860
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I watched the video and followed the steps and in 5 minutes I had a new HDD listed! WOW...thanks a million.....now what I want to do is image my C drive so I will have a bootable spare drive in case I lose the C drive....any suggestions here???
 

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OS
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SWPIX said:
I watched the video and followed the steps and in 5 minutes I had a new HDD listed! WOW...thanks a million.....now what I want to do is image my C drive so I will have a bootable spare drive in case I lose the C drive....any suggestions here???
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Glad it worked, I would just create an image on the drive and use the "repair disk" or install disk to restore the image in case you have problems.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html

Here's a video on that! haha I have videos on a lot of stuff. I enjoy making them. I'm trying to make them better. Just a hobby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d9lS1wbsPg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvtSKZfSAdQ
 

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Windows 7 Professional x64
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Intel Core i7 860
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Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P
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4GB DDR3 Mushkin 1600Mhz @ 7-8-7-20
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTS250 1GB DDR3 Twin Frozr
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Onboard realtek
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Samsung SyncMaster 24" P2450 + Samsung 20" 2033
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1920 X 1080 and 1600 X 900 (#2 system 1440 X 900)
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Patriot Inferno 120GB SSD + 3 WD Blue 640GB drives
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Corsair 750 HX Modular
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Lancool PC-K62
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Cooler Master TX3 CPU cooler and 4-140mm and 1-120mm case
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Gigabyte USB keyboard
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I'm not sure this is what I want to do...I want an Exact copy of the C drive on my newly installed hdd so that I could actually unplug the C drive and boot from the new drive after selecting it in BIOS. Also I would wonder if I could move the drive to another computer and have Win7 and all my programs etc bootable...in effect a duplicate computer...Thanks
 

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OS
windows 7
SWPIX said:
I'm not sure this is what I want to do...I want an Exact copy of the C drive on my newly installed hdd so that I could actually unplug the C drive and boot from the new drive after selecting it in BIOS. Also I would wonder if I could move the drive to another computer and have Win7 and all my programs etc bootable...in effect a duplicate computer...Thanks
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This is why people make images. If you did what you are suggesting I don't think it would work for long. I think you would run into the EULA licence. only one copy of Windows on any one HD. Think about using the built-in imaging. It works.

To do what you are thinking you will need another licence
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Keeps changing - (Custom)
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
Intel Core i7 860
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P
Memory
4GB DDR3 Mushkin 1600Mhz @ 7-8-7-20
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTS250 1GB DDR3 Twin Frozr
Sound Card
Onboard realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 24" P2450 + Samsung 20" 2033
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080 and 1600 X 900 (#2 system 1440 X 900)
Hard Drives
Patriot Inferno 120GB SSD + 3 WD Blue 640GB drives
PSU
Corsair 750 HX Modular
Case
Lancool PC-K62
Cooling
Cooler Master TX3 CPU cooler and 4-140mm and 1-120mm case
Keyboard
Gigabyte USB keyboard
Mouse
Microsoft wireless laser mouse 5000
Internet Speed
7 Mb down 1.5 up
Other Info
System #2: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (Freezer 7 Pro cooler) - Gigabyte 880GMA-UD2H - WD 500GB Black - 9500GT (1GB) 500W OCZ modular PSU - Antec 200 case. System #3 (LapTop) Core 2 Duo T6670 - 320GB 7200RPM HD - 4GB DDR3 RAM.
nate42nd said:
SWPIX said:
I'm not sure this is what I want to do...I want an Exact copy of the C drive on my newly installed hdd so that I could actually unplug the C drive and boot from the new drive after selecting it in BIOS. Also I would wonder if I could move the drive to another computer and have Win7 and all my programs etc bootable...in effect a duplicate computer...Thanks
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This is why people make images. If you did what you are suggesting I don't think it would work for long. I think you would run into the EULA licence. only one copy of Windows on any one HD. Think about using the built-in imaging. It works.

To do what you are thinking you will need another licence
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that's not exactly true. regardless of any legal BS, if you purchase a license for window for one PC you have the right to use it on that PC. So long as you are only using that license for one computer, you have nothing to worry about.
 
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I followed the video and did an image of my new HDD...It shows up and when I open it all that's there are some weird files a bunch of XML documents that want to open in Dreamweaver! I WANTED a "Mirror" of my C drive....a clone that shows all the documents system and programs that I can use as a boot drive! How do I get this???
Thanks
 

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OS
windows 7
It can't be done because you can't have two of the same bootable os's in the comp at the same time. Only one activated copy on one licence, thats what Nate42 told you. You can make an image that can be restored but you can't see whats on it until it's installed.
 

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